here, phil promises. stay with us, cnn news central starts now. new details this morning about the victims after at least eight people were murdered at a mall in texas. officials are focused on right wing extremism as a possible motive. right now an investigation is under way in brownsville, texas, after an suv slammed into a bus stop killing several people. ahead what we re learning about that driver. this is the week title 42 ends. cnn is at the border as the biden administration and the cities on the front lines prepare for an expected surge of migrants now. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. this morning cnn has learned the name of at least two victims murdered at the mass shooting at the mall in allen, texas. family members say christian lacore was a sweet caring young man, he is on the left there. we re told the man on the right was an engineer living in mckinney, texas. they were two of at least eight people who were ki
i m john roberts in washington. before we get to china, we begin with president biden pushing back, and the critics who say he is demonizing half the nation. it s a fox news alert. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens republic. quality and democracy are under assault. they spread fear and lies, told for profit and power. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. they embrace anger. they thrive on chaos. they live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies. maga republicans look at america and see carnage and darkness and despair. they spread fear and lies. lies told for profit and power. maga republicans are destroying american democracy. sandra: you ll notice the red backdrop there, some say fitting as he doubled down on his attacks as maga republicans. john: and a marine back there in the speech that was political, but critics say he s lumping together mo
mid-terms. that trump leads the gop and his extreme supporters are essentially poisonous for the country. watch this. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. the maga republicans believe for them to succeed, everyone else has to fail. maga republicans look at americans and see carnage and darkness and despair. they spread fear and lies. martha: okay. you get the idea. the white house feeding several questions today about the appropriateness of this speech given the military backdrop there, the red lights that were up against that building and how the white house can deny that the effort here last night was not a presidential prime time address of the nation, but political. so the president was asked about that today by peter doocy. here s how that went. watch this. mr. president, do you con
unemployment rate ticked up. the question is how about the federal reserve react as it tries to tame inflation. more on that is ahead as well. while the president is addressing the academic concerns from voters ahead of the midterms, the other issue at the top of their list is threats to democracy. last night, in philadelphia, he took aim at the former president by name and his supporters who he has been branding maga republicans. listen to this. what is happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. contrast that message with donald trump just hours before that, helping january 6 writers financially, people who pushed our democracy to that edge. adding this pledge. quote. all right. let s get into some of this with my panel. shannon is covering the white house. von is in west palm beach near mar-a-lago. ash
Of near record high temperatures temperatures for Labor Day Weekend. Thanks, paul. With that, more concerns about our power grid. Geeking be keeping up with the demand. Good afternoon, everyone. It is a first alert weather day around the bay area, and this is just the start. We begin with chief meteorologist, paul heggen, who is tracking those conditions. Temperatures will be excessively hot in the bay area area beginning on saturday. That that will be continuing to the rest of the holiday weekend, even through the beginning of next workweek. Excessive heat warning goes into effect on saturday for all inland parts of of the bay area. This is where the heat is going to be the greatest. This is well are where where temperatures will top out over 100 degrees, some spots approaching 110 degrees. Around the bay, the excessive heat watch has been upgraded to a heat advisory, it is one category lower than excessive heat warning. 90s on the penins, the peninsula, down th d of the bay as well.